The mistakes by Carthage were unlike anything I’ve ever seen. But you still have to credit Webb defense in the second half for not letting them back. Carthage has made a few blunders this season and still managed to battle back, although nothing like 21 pts worth of fumbles. So two of the last 3 district champ games have started with a 14-0 lead by Carthage.
This was a good lesson for outsiders as to why (for the purposes of football) Carthage hates being 5 miles from Webb city. Not only do they have the game but now they get to hear about it on social media, at work, family functions for the next several weeks. Carthage had a stellar season but it will get overshadowed and forgotten because all everyone and the media will be talking about is Webb city because of the one game.
At the end of the day the Webb crowd gets to hang on to their sense of identity and ask each other “now how many district trophies do we got?”.
